Fanfare (Ballet)

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fanfare is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 (1945) in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; the premiere took place on Coronation Night, Tuesday, June 2nd, 1953, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York. The Young Person's Guide begins with variations and end with a fugue on a theme by Henry Purcell.show more